[Patch] Flush the userdb cache on config reload

Havoc Pennington hp at redhat.com
Sun Mar 5 14:21:28 PST 2006


On Sun, 2006-03-05 at 21:16 +0100, Sjoerd Simons wrote:
> Hi,
> 
>   Attached patch flushed the userdb cache when a config reload is requested.
>   This resolves the issue of having to restart dbus fully when a user is added
>   or removed from various groups. 
>   
>   As dbus ``caches'' the policy per connection it's still necessary to restart
>   the users applications before the new permissions take effect. But i doubt
>   that's a big problem as it's quite normal for unix users that they need to
>   restart their session before new permissions come into effect.
> 
>   Please review.

Patch looks great to me, thanks

Havoc




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